ASEAN Inks Agreement to Strengthen Civil Service

Press Release

 29 April 2017

Signing of the ASEAN Leaders Declaration on the Role of the Civil Service As a Catalyst for Achieving ASEAN Community Vision 2025

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte yesterday led the signing of an agreement among the Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) which would strengthen synergy and cooperation among ASEAN Member States in support of ASEAN Community building efforts. 

ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS’ STATEMENT ON THE SITUATION IN THE KOREAN PENINSULA

28 April 2017 The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) expresses its grave concern over the escalation of tension in the Korean Peninsula,

including the DPRK’s two nuclear tests in 2016 and subsequent ballistic missile launches.

New shipping route within EAGA to spur trading between Indonesia and Philippines

MEDIA RELEASE 28 April 2017 

DAVAO CITY, Philippines

The opening of the shipping route within the Brunei Darussalam Indonesia Malaysia the Philippine East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) is expected to further enhance trading between the Philippines and Indonesia. 

A Roll-on Roll-off (RoRo) ferry service will begin plying the Davao City-General Santos-Bitung, Indonesia route on April 30 2017, which will provide a faster and cheaper channel of trading goods among EAGA’s key cities. 

President Duterte hosts his first ASEAN Leaders’ summit

MANILA, 28 April 2017 – President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines will play host to fellow Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) when they gather in Manila on 29 April for the 30th ASEAN Summit. 

This is the first of two ASEAN Summits in this milestone year as ASEAN celebrates its 50th anniversary. President Duterte will preside over the opening ceremony tomorrow at the Philippine International Convention Center and the Leaders’ Retreat at the Coconut Palace.

KEYNOTE MESSAGE UNDERSECRETARY CARIZA Y. SEGUERRA Opening Ceremonies Preparatory Meeting for ASEAN Leaders’ Interface with the Youth

April 27, 2017

Allow me first to say Mabuhay and Welcome to the Philippines to our youth leaders from the ASEAN Member States. 

To our program partners from the Department of Health and the UNAIDS, the Department of Foreign Affairs and the ASEAN 2017 National Organizing Council.

To our Filipino youth volunteers, participants and facilitators,

My fellow officials from the National Youth Commission.

“ASEAN-BAC’S PROSPERITY FOR ALL SUMMIT SETS UP AN ECOSYSTEM OF ENABLERS FOR MSME DEVELOPMENT”

MANILA, 28 APRIL 2017 – In honor of 50 years of growing ASEAN integration and progress, the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC) is hosting the Prosperity For All Summit at the City of Dreams, Manila, pooling together state leaders, public sector representatives, business leaders and various enablers in the name of micro, small, and medium entrepreneurs (MSME) development in the ASEAN region.

Prime Minister Dato Sri Najib Razak of Malaysia and Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha (Ret.) of Thailand are are confirmed to attend and give keynote speeches for the more than 1000 delegates attending the summit.

Kamuning Bakery Café’s Wilson Lee Flores on ANC show of Gretchen Ho

13-time CMMA/3-time Palanca awardee writer, college teacher, realty entrepreneur and Kamuning Bakery Café owner Wilson Lee Flores will be featured in ABS CBN News Channel or ANC’s Chinoy TV hosted by Gretchen Ho, Valerie Tan and Nicole Cordoves on April 29 (Saturday) 8 to 8:30 p.m. with replay on April 30 (Sunday) 11 to 11:30 a.m. Ever since 2013, Wilson Lee Flores has donated four public schoolbuildings to poor rural barrios in support of the noble socio-civic project “Operation Barrio Schools” of the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce & Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII), because he believes democratizing access to good public education is better than a revolution in changing society.